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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/carr-review-industrial-disputes-collapses"><img border=0 width=150 height=170 src="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Tony%20Burke%20Unite%20feb%202014.img_assist_custom.jpg" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>By Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary, UNITE</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>The review of rules governing industrial disputes, lead by Bruce Carr Q.C. collapsed in August when he notified the Government that: “I am concerned about the ability of the review to operate in a progressively politicised environment in the run-up to the general election and in circumstances in which the main parties will wish to legitimately set out their respective manifesto commitments and have already started to do so”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/carr-review-industrial-disputes-collapses"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Read more…</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Economic justice is a prerequisite to social wellbeing<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:112.5pt;height:135pt;z-index:251652096;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-london"><img border=0 width=100 height=121 src="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ELU%20Lond%207-10-14_0.img_assist_custom.jpg" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="_x0000_s1036"></a><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Tuesday 7 October 2014</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>This 10th annual IERconference is designed to ensure trade union representatives are kept up to date and well-informed about developments in employment law. It is a must go to event for anyone with an interest in employment law and the protection of collective and individual workers’ rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Employment Law Update 2014, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2014-liverpool-0" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:90.75pt;z-index:251662336;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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